SOUTH SIOUX CITY — Rony Ortega has been offered the South Sioux City Community School District superintendent position.

Northeast Community College has honored two individuals for career success and achievement following graduation from the institution.

Hundreds of educators, law enforcement officers and first responders from across Nebraska joined the Nebraska Department of Education’s School Safety staff recently for specialized training from the “I Love U Guys” Foundation.

A day to celebrate and shop at small business is coming up.

The developers of a proposed family entertainment center are going back to the drawing board.

New owners of a house on Eighth Street will need a backup plan to move forward.

A second engineer’s look at options to provide flood protection to the city of Battle Creek also points to the need for at least one dam, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors heard Tuesday night.

Forget requiring a permit or preventing people from taking down their own trees within a terrace.

A Norfolk man was arrested early Wednesday morning following an incident that purportedly involved a knife.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health is teaming up with the Nebraska Pharmacists Association, and Region 4 Behavioral Health System for a statewide project that will distribute free Narcan nasal spray kits at the following locations:

Store owner Bonita Lederer of Pierce is shown in the Nebraska Created store, which is at the Sunset Plaza this year. 

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Daily News will not be published Thursday.

The holiday season kicks off with one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, and Nebraska state troopers will be working to keep motorists safe over Thanksgiving weekend.

MADISON — Madison County’s Board of Commissioners heard from a citizen Monday who recommended that a zoning law he voted for be changed.

The Norfolk Planning Commission met Tuesday morning at the Norfolk City Council chambers.

A zoning change near downtown to accommodate more of the Wayne State College students who will be finishing up their senior year in Norfolk as part of the Growing Together initiative was approved by the Norfolk City Council on Monday evening.

A former lead prosecutor in Dodge County could be sentenced to jail after entering a plea in federal court.

Northeast Community College has named Charlene Widener as its new vice president of educational services. She comes to Northeast from North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) in Mason City, where she serves as vice president of academic affairs and student learning.